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The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) [NR]

Release Date:
February 16, 1952

Original Title:
The Greatest Show on Earth

Alternate Titles:
El mayor espectáculo del mundo
O Maior Espetáculo da Terra
Sous le plus grand chapiteau du monde
大马戏团
지상 최대의 쇼

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  BR: L  DE: 12  GB: U  JP: G  NL: 12  US: NR 

Runtime: 152

The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!

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To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

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Additional Photography:
W. Wallace Kelley
J. Peverell Marley

Additional Writing:
Jack Gariss

Art Direction:
Hal Pereira
Walter H. Tyler

Assistant Director:
Edward Salven

Associate Producer:
Henry Wilcoxon

Costume Design:
Edith Head
Dorothy Jeakins

Director:
Cecil B. DeMille

Director of Photography:
George Barnes

Editor:
Anne Bauchens

Makeup Supervisor:
Wally Westmore

Original Music Composer:
Victor Young

Producer:
Cecil B. DeMille

Screenplay:
Fredric M. Frank
Theodore St. John
Barré Lyndon

Second Unit Director:
Arthur Rosson

Set Decoration:
Sam Comer
Ray Moyer

Sound Recordist:
Harry Lindgren
John Cope

Story:
Fredric M. Frank
Theodore St. John
Frank Cavett

Stunts:
Polly Burson

Technical Advisor:
John Ringling North

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